21 Nov Planning and Preparing for Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The USDA has developed a concise question and answer summary of Food-and-Mouth Disease. It also states what it’s response would be if there were to be an outbreak in the United States. FMD is a highly contagious disease that can affect domestic and wild cloven-hoofed animals. The United States is free of the FMD virus and has not seen an outbreak since 1929, but being prepared is your best protection.